EP0269854B1 - Procéde pour réduire la consommation d'énergie dans des réacteurs à multiunités utilisés pour la synthèse héterogène et réacteurs apparentés - Google Patents
Procéde pour réduire la consommation d'énergie dans des réacteurs à multiunités utilisés pour la synthèse héterogène et réacteurs apparentés Download PDFInfo
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- QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Ammonia Chemical compound N QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 18
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- C01C1/0417—Preparation of ammonia by synthesis in the gas phase from N2 and H2 in presence of a catalyst characterised by the synthesis reactor, e.g. arrangement of catalyst beds and heat exchangers in the reactor
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- each reaction unit consisting of an outer shell (P) and of a cartridge (C) containing a catalyst in granules arranged in a catalytic bed (K) with axial height (H1) and situated between a cylindrical external wall, with diameter (Di) and height (Hi), and an inner cylindrical wall with diameter (D'i) which is smaller than (Di), the inner cylindrical wall having a height (H'i), inside of which the reacted gas is collected, and a tapered bottom (PR), the upper traverse face of said bed being open and penetrated axially by the synthesis gas.
- reactors for catalytic synthesis under pressure consist of an outer shell and of a single unit or of several units according to the C.F. Braun process, each unit having an internal cartridge containing a catalyst in granules in various shapes and with various characteristics arranged in one or more layers (catalytic beds).
- each unit has a single-layer catalytic bed.
- the synthesis gas running through the various catalytic beds is generally cooled between one bed and the next, these being exothermic reactions, in order to achieve optimal temperature conditions in the various catalytic beds by injecting fresh gas (quench reactor) or by direct interchange with the cold incoming gas. Said cooling is carried out in heat exchangers arranged outside and amongst the several units of the reactor where the C.F. Braun process is concerned.
- each catalytic bed consists of a perforated cylindrical external wall, a perforated cylindrical internal wall and only one sealed end (the upper wall of the basket being, in effect, fully open); and upper unperforated portion of said internal cylindrical wall (or of both cylindrical walls), together with the section of open passage situated between the upper edges of the two cylindrical walls arranged on a level approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said perforated walls, constituting the passage where a minor portion of gas runs through the catalytic bed with a prevalently axial flow, while the remaining major portion of gas runs with radial flow through the major portion of catalytic bed arranged in the perforated area of the two cylindrical walls of the bed.
- the portion of gas running through the bed with a prevalently axial flow is controlled by the height of the portion of unperforated internal cylindrical wall (or both internal and external) which in any case according to a prevalent characteristic of the invention is a minor portion of the total height of the wall itself.
- Reactors with dimensions equal to a height/diameter ratio greater than 10 are preferably to be produced according to the above invention.
- the invention therefore, concerns a method as described in the introductory part of the description and of the main claim, characterised by the fact that the catalytic bed is delimited by:
- the ratio of the gas portions (with a prevalently axial flow and radial flow) will be different in the catalytic beds of the various units where these have a variable height (variable height/diameter ratio of the baskets), as in the application of this invention to modify the above mentioned C.F. Braun reactors, in which the height (Hi) of the internal cartridge's catalytic beds could increase in the various beds in cascade arrangement (2 - 3 beds each with its own shell).
- the embodiment described refers (as preference but not as limitation) to the modification of a C. F. Braun ammonia reactor with several catalytic beds (for example three) through which runs the gas with an axial flow, and cooling of the gas outside the beds (reactor shown by way of example in Fig. 1 of the paper "New Synloop Lower Ammonia Production Costs: by Wilson, Grotz & Richez, pages 63 - 79, presented at the British Sulphur Conference in Amsterdam in April 1986).
- the reaction gas enters from the bottom of the reactor in 1 and rises in the airspace (I) between shell (P) and cartridge (C), and enters (flow 2) axially from top to bottom the catalytic bed (K).
- the reacted gas reaches outlet tube (T) which feeds the heat exchanger (HEX) outside shell (P).
- Fig. 2 shows the system according to the invention, in which the catalytic bed is now delimited by:
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- Procédé pour augmenter les rendements de conversion et réduire la consommation d'énergie des réacteurs à multiunités pour la synthèse hétérogène et plus particulièrement pour la synthèse de l'ammoniac, chaque unité de réaction consistant en une enveloppe extérieure (P) et en une cartouche (C) contenant un catalyseur en granulés disposés dans un lit catalytique (K) ayant une hauteur axiale (H1) et situé entre les parois extérieures cylindriques ayant un diamètre (Di) d'une hauteur (Hi) et une paroi cylindrique intérieure ayant un diamètre (D'i) inférieur à (Di), la paroi cylindrique intérieure ayant une hauteur (H'i), à l'intérieur de laquelle est collecté le gaz ayant réagi, et un fond conique (PR), la face transversale supérieure de ce lit étant ouverte et traversée axialement par le gaz de synthèse, caractérisé en ce que lit catalytique est délimité par:a) une paroi extérieure cylindrique (Fe) située à l'intérieur et au voisinage de la paroi extérieure formant la cartouche (C), la paroi extérieure cylindrique (Fe) étant perméable aux gaz sur au moins une partie majeure de sa hauteur (Hi) et présentant un diamètre seulement légèrement inférieur au diamètre (Di) de la paroi extérieure de la cartouche (C);b) une paroi cylindrique intérieure (Fi), également perméable aux gaz sur au moins une partie majeure de sa hauteur (H'i) ayant un diamètre (D'i) bien inférieur au diamètre de (Fe) et du même ordre de grandeur que le diamètre (Dt) du tube central (T) qui forme la sortie des gaz ayant réagi, le sommet (SO) de (Fi) étant fermé par un couvercle (CO) éventuellement au moins partiellement perméable aux gaz et se trouvant à une distance (D) du sommet (SE) de la paroi extérieure (Fe);c) une paroi inférieure (PR) ayant une hauteur (H''i) le long de laquelle son diamètre (D") diminue vers le bas depuis le diamètre (Dc) de la cartouche jusqu'au diamètre (D'i) de la paroi cylindrique intérieure,le lit catalytique comprenant donc :I une zone cylindrique supérieure solide ayant un diamètre (Di) et une hauteur (D);II une zone annulaire ayant un diamètre (Di-D'i) et une hauteur (Hi-D); etIII une zone conique ayant une hauteur (H"i=H1-Hi) et un diamètre diminuant de (Di à D'i).
- Procédé suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel les gaz de réaction traversent la zone (I) avec un écoulement principalement axial, la zone (II) avec un écoulement principalement radial et la zone (III) avec un écoulement mixte.
- Procédé suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel, à l'intérieur du même réacteur, ces écoulements peuvent être ajustés par la modification du rapport entre les hauteurs (Hi), (H'i), (H"i) et (D).
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AT87115768T ATE83684T1 (de) | 1986-11-03 | 1987-10-27 | Verfahren zur reduktion des energiebedarfs in mehreinheitenreaktoren fuer die heterogene synthese und verwandte reaktoren. |
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EP0269854A2 EP0269854A2 (fr) | 1988-06-08 |
EP0269854A3 EP0269854A3 (en) | 1989-02-08 |
EP0269854B1 true EP0269854B1 (fr) | 1992-12-23 |
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US (1) | US4935210A (fr) |
EP (1) | EP0269854B1 (fr) |
CN (1) | CN1014206B (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE83684T1 (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1296870C (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3783220T2 (fr) |
IN (1) | IN170364B (fr) |
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DE68901115D1 (de) * | 1988-06-27 | 1992-05-07 | Ammonia Casale Sa | Verfahren und reaktor fuer die exotherme heterogene synthese mit hilfe verschiedener katalytischer betten und mit externer rueckgewinnung der reaktionswaerme. |
EP0555777B1 (fr) * | 1992-02-12 | 1997-07-16 | Ammonia Casale S.A. | Procédé pour la modernisation des convertisseurs pour la synthèse hetérérogène du type Braun et convertisseurs ainsi modifiés. |
US5779988A (en) * | 1992-02-12 | 1998-07-14 | Ammonia Casale, S.A. | Heterogeneous synthesis method and apparatus including wall temperature protection |
DE69426517D1 (de) * | 1993-10-29 | 2001-02-08 | Ammonia Casale Sa | Verfahren zur Nachrüstung eines heterogenen exothermischen Synthesereaktors |
US5427760A (en) * | 1994-02-22 | 1995-06-27 | Brown & Root Petroleum And Chemicals | Axial-radial reactors in the braun ammonia synloop with extrnal heat sink |
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US3721532A (en) * | 1971-02-08 | 1973-03-20 | Braun Co C | Ammonia synthesis system |
IT1141102B (it) * | 1980-11-28 | 1986-10-01 | Ammonia Casale Sa | Reattore assiale-radiale per sintesi eterogenee |
US4554135A (en) * | 1982-11-26 | 1985-11-19 | C F Braun & Co. | Ammonia converter |
IN165082B (fr) * | 1985-05-15 | 1989-08-12 | Ammonia Casale Sa |
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- 1987-10-27 DE DE8787115768T patent/DE3783220T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-10-27 EP EP87115768A patent/EP0269854B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-10-27 AT AT87115768T patent/ATE83684T1/de active
- 1987-11-02 IN IN790/MAS/87A patent/IN170364B/en unknown
- 1987-11-03 US US07/116,558 patent/US4935210A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-11-03 CN CN87107596A patent/CN1014206B/zh not_active Expired
- 1987-11-03 CA CA000551745A patent/CA1296870C/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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CN87107596A (zh) | 1988-06-08 |
IN170364B (fr) | 1992-03-21 |
CA1296870C (fr) | 1992-03-10 |
CN1014206B (zh) | 1991-10-09 |
ATE83684T1 (de) | 1993-01-15 |
EP0269854A2 (fr) | 1988-06-08 |
DE3783220T2 (de) | 1993-04-29 |
DE3783220D1 (de) | 1993-02-04 |
EP0269854A3 (en) | 1989-02-08 |
US4935210A (en) | 1990-06-19 |
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